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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>It would help if you did a printVarSummary() on the problem array.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0070C0'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0070C0'>Marston S. Ward, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0070C0'>Department of Earth Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0070C0'>University of Gothenburg, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0070C0'>Email: <a href="mailto:marston.johnston@gu.se"><span style='color:#0070C0'>marston.johnston@gu.se</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0070C0'>SkypeID: marston.johnston <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0070C0'>Phone: +46-31-7864901 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0070C0'>Only the fruitful thing is true!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0070C0'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>ncl-talk <ncl-talk-bounces@ucar.edu> on behalf of Prashanth Bhalachandran <prashanth.bhalachandran@gmail.com><br><b>Date: </b>Thursday, 19 October 2017 at 19:31<br><b>To: </b><ncl-talk@ucar.edu><br><b>Subject: </b>[ncl-talk] Question regarding the transfer of integer values from shell to NCL<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>Dear NCL team, </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>Greetings. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>I have a shell script that does the following : Read from a text file which has a list of dates (yyyyddmm) format and times. For example, the first column in the text represents the date and the second the time. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>20121030 13 73.34 51.77 -21.57</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>My shell script reads in the first and second column and stores those values and passes off as arguments to my NCL script. My NCL script reads the first argument as the filename and the second as time. I use this time as an index in several of my arrays in my NCL script since my variable </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>dimensions are time x lev x lat x lon. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>The problem here is that shell reads these values as strings and I am unable to get it as an integer, which is compulsory if I want to use it as an array index. Please see the below error. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>Can one of you please guide me as to how I pass this value as an integer? </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>Many thanks, </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>Prashanth </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>Error: </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif;color:#FF2600'>fatal:Illegal subscript. Subscripts must be integer when not using coordinate index</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>ing</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>My code (I’m attaching the entire code in case you want to have a look, but I am pasting the necessary portions here) : </span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>#!bin/bash</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>file="/scratch/conte/s/sbhalach/DATA/RI_compute/CatRW2030.txt"</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>while read f1 f2 f3 f4;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>do</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> export dirname=$(echo $f1)00post</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> echo $dirname</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> cd $dirname</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> <span style='color:#FF2600'> export filename=${f1}.nc</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif;color:#FF2600'> export time=$f2</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>#*************************************************************************</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> cat > varcalc.ncl << EOF </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> load "/scratch/lustreD/s/sbhalach/DATA/func_center.ncl"</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> load "/scratch/lustreD/s/sbhalach/DATA/func_rtheta.ncl"</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> a = addfile(filename,"r")</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> u10 = a->u10</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> v10 = a->v10</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> slp = a->slp</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> u = a->u</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> v = a->v</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>allvars = new((/40/),float)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>slpsub = slp(<span style='color:#FF2600'>time</span>,0,:,:) <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>; <b><span style='color:#FF2600'>Note that the time here is taken as string and hence the error. I obviously tried the toint() and strongpoint() functions but then the function only returns missing values. </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Write to a netcdf file ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> system("rm -f $f1_$f2_allvars.nc")<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> ncdf = addfile("$f1_$f2_allvars.nc","c")<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> ncdf->allvars = allvars<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4;min-height: 19px'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>EOF<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>#*************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> <b><span style='color:#FF2600'>ncl -n 'filename = "$filename"' 'time = "$time"' varcalc.ncl</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> mv $f1_$f2_allvars.nc ../<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> cd ../<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> done <"$file”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EDEAD4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________ ncl-talk mailing list ncl-talk@ucar.edu List instructions, subscriber options, unsubscribe: http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/ncl-talk <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>